Define proxy in windows 7

[Cameron Simpson]

On 02Sep2014 06:25, Om Prakash <torque.india at gmail.com> wrote:
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>I am wondering how to define proxy setting in env variable on windows 
>7, I want this so i can use pip to pull packages for me, the same 
>setting though working earlier on windows xp.
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>http_proxy = "proxy name:80"
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>now this same setting doesn't work, i tried doing in the cmd.exe prompt.
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>set http_proxy "proxy name:80"
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>P.S. i am a normal user and don't have admin privleges.

I am not a Windows user, but on UNIX systems the format of http_proxy and 
https_proxy is:

   http://proxyname:3128/

being the proxy hostname and port number respectively. You're saying:

   proxyname:8080

instead. (Note, https_proxy _also_ starts with "http:", not "https:" because 
the communication with the proxy is HTTP.)

Try the longer form.  And ensure you have the port number right; proxies do not 
normally listen on port 80; they tend to listen on port 3128 or 8080.

Cheers,
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